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The Perversion of Loss: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Trauma

This book is an edited collection of psychoanalytic papers written by clinicians in the field of trauma. The text offers a psychoanalytic perspective on trauma and its effects on psychic functioning.... (more)

The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment

by Babette Rothschild

Relates the impact of trauma on the body to the phenomenon of somatic memory. The book illuminates the value of understanding the psychophysiology of trauma for both therapists and their traumatised... (more)

Traumatization and Its Aftermath: A Systemic Approach to Understanding and Treating Trauma Disorders

by Antonieta Contreras

Traumatization and Its Aftermath delves deep into the complexities of traumatization and is a practical, comprehensive guide to understanding and overcoming the impacts of adverse... (more)

Trauma in Children and Young People: Reaching the Heart of the Matter

by Christine Bradley, Francia Kinchington

This book offers a unique combination of an in-depth examination of attachment, a refined and tested model of Needs Assessment and Therapeutic Treatment plans and applies it to specific contexts... (more)

A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Trauma: Post-Traumatic Mental Functioning, the Zero Process, and the Construction of Reality

by Joseph Fernando

A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Trauma presents a theory of the nature of trauma and post-traumatic mental functioning based on the concept of the ‘zero process’.

Joseph Fernando presents a... (more)

The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation

by Joyanna L. Silberg

In this second edition of Joyanna Silberg's classic The Child Survivor, practitioners who treat dissociative children will find practical tools that are backed up by recent advances in clinical... (more)

Trauma and Memory: The Science and the Silenced

Edited by Valerie Sinason, Ashley Conway

Trauma and Memory will assist mental health experts and professionals, as well as the interested public, in understanding the scientific issues around trauma memory, and how this differs from other... (more)

From Trauma to Harming Others: Therapeutic Work with Delinquent, Violent and Sexually Harmful Children and Young People

Edited by Ariel Nathanson, Graham Music

From Trauma to Harming Others shows the approach of professionals from the world-renowned Portman Clinic, which specializes in work with violence, delinquency and sexual acting out.

This book... (more)

Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear

by Daniel Shaw

This book looks at the trauma suffered by those in relationships with narcissists, covering topics such as surviving a cult, dysfunctional families, political dysfunction, and imbalances of power in... (more)

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices

by Deborah A. Dana

Deb Dana is the foremost translator of polyvagal theory into clinical practice. Here, in her third book on this groundbreaking theory, she provides therapists with a grab-bag of polyvagal-informed... (more)

Resilience and Survival: Understanding and Healing Intergenerational Trauma

by Clara Mucci

Resilience and Survival: Understanding and Healing Intergenerational Trauma presents a unique combination of resilience theory with attachment, psychoanalysis, and developmental neuroscience, with a... (more)

Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Articles, Essays, and Conversations

by Pat Ogden

Following an already- established and successful "pocket guide" format, Pat Ogden discusses sensorimotor psychotherapy. Whether you are new to the approach or in need of a handy reference, this book... (more)

Individuation for Adult Replacement Children: Ways of Coming into Being

by Kristina E. Schellinski

Kristina E. Schellinski uncovers the hidden trauma of the replacement child - born into an atmosphere of grief to substitute for a lost sibling or other person - and helps adult replacement children... (more)

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma: Techniques and Tools for Working with Suicidality and Dissociation

by Joanne Zucchetto, Simone Jacobs

Understanding the Paradox of Surviving Childhood Trauma offers clinicians a new framework for understanding the symptoms and coping mechanisms displayed by survivors of childhood abuse. This approach... (more)

Trauma and Primitive Mental States

by Judy Eekhoff

Trauma and Primitive Mental States: An Object Relations Perspective offers a clinically based framework through which adult survivors of early childhood trauma can re-engage with painful past events... (more)

Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency

by Margaret E. Blaustein, Kristine M. Kinniburgh

Tens of thousands of clinicians have used this book--now revised and expanded with 50% new material--to plan and organize effective interventions for children and adolescents who have experienced... (more)

Bearing Witness to the Witness: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Four Modes of Traumatic Testimony

by Dana Amir

Bearing Witness to the Witness examines the different methods of testimony given by trauma victims and the ways in which these can enrich or undermine the ability of the reader to witness them. Years... (more)

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation

by Deborah A. Dana, Stephen W. Porges

Written for all therapists who want to understand this groundbreaking theory as it might actually show up in their day-to-day practice, this book offers a comprehensive approach to polyvagal-informed... (more)

Treating Trauma in Adolescents: Development Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship

by Martha B. Straus

This book presents an innovative and empathic approach to working with traumatized teens. It offers strategies for getting through to high-risk adolescents and for building a strong attachment... (more)

EMDR Casebook

Edited by Philip Manfield

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has been demonstrated to be extremely effective in the treatment of residual psychological effects of PTSD and other conditions including... (more)

Psychic Trauma: Dynamics, Symptoms, and Treatment

by Ira Brenner

This book offers a clinical study of psychic trauma and provides a framework through which to understand the long term effects of overwhelming life experiences. Ira Brenner draws on two different... (more)

Trauma and Recovery: From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

by Judith L. Herman

A ground-breaking work in which the author makes the revolutionary link between the 'heroic' suffering of men in war and political struggle and the degraded suffering of women who are victims of... (more)

Innovative Therapeutic Life Story Work: Developing Trauma-Informed Practice for Working with Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

Edited by Richard Rose

Life story work is an approach designed to enable traumatized children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future by strengthening attachment... (more)

Healing Sexually Betrayed Men and Boys: Treatment for Sexual Abuse, Assault, and Trauma

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